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Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein is a dedicated natural scientist, whose studies has lead to an obsession with the origin of life and the mystery of death. He wants to bring life to dead things, and he decides to assemble a creature from the body parts of deceased human beings.
But Frankensteins attempt to take the place of the Creator becomes fateful, and he flees the monster he has brought to life. The lonely, lost, and terrifying figure tries to approach the inhabitants of the surrounding villages, but is chased away, and ultimately decides to seek revenge.
Frankenstein [1818] is a variation on the myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the ancient gods to give it to humanity. Through a critique of the scientific optimism of her time, Mary Shelley created one of the most iconic figures in world literature.
MARY SHELLEY [1797–1851] was the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstone­craft. In the summer of 1816, spent by Lake Geneva in Switzerland, her nightly conversations with poet Lord Byron and her husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, sparked the idea for Frankenstein.
280 printed pages
Publication year
2017

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  • b0138986170has quoted6 months ago
    Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin.
  • b0138986170has quoted6 months ago
    She busied herself with following the aerial creations of the poets; and in the majestic and wondrous scenes which surrounded our Swiss home – the sublime shapes of the mountains; the changes of the seasons; tempest and calm; the silence of winter, and the life and turbulence of our Alpine summers – she found ample scope for admiration and delight.

    She is me i am her

  • Isoxoja Musoxojayevhas quoted2 years ago
    Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams be

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